Holder for receptacles



Jun@ 413,v QZQ H', ENGBRECHT S? HOLDER FOR RECEPTACLES Filed vlay 11, 1925 2 sheets-sheet' 1 Patented .J une 4, 1929.'

UNITED vstares y A ,16,037 PATENT OFFICE.

HERMAN J'. ENGBRECHT, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO STANDARD OIL COM- PANY, or WRITING, INDIANA,

A CORPORATION OF INDIANA.

HOLDER FOR RECEPTACLES.

Application led May 11,

My invention relates, more particularly, to holders for receptacles for application to seated position on a structure presenting a seating surface surrounding an upstanding portion of the structure, the type of structure for application to which I have more particularly devised my improved holder comprising a receptacle for receiving liquid, as for example oilvdrained from the crank case of an automobile to evacuate the latter, and employing means for producing suction in the receptacle for drawing the oil into the latter' and involving a. fluid-pressure-operated ejector-device the exhaust pipe from which leads upwardly from the center of said receptacle and is surrounded by a surface forming a seat; it being one of my objects to provide a construction of holder which may be applied to seating position on the seat at the top of the receptacle ina position to surround the exhaust pipe, thereby not only providing a suitable location for storing, for quick accessibility,receptacles, such as bottles, of liquid desired' to be used in connection with automobiles, as for example crank case oil, but also rendering such receptacles readily observable to persons located near the apparatus..

Inasmuch as I have devised my improved holder for use, more particularly, in connection with an apparatus for evacuating the crank cases of automobiles, such as that disclosed in my pending application for U. S. Letters Patent', Serial No. 13,819, tiled March 7, 1925, I have chosen to illustrate it in connection with such an apparatus, but not, however, with the intention of limiting its use thereto.

. Referring to the accompanying drawingsz- Figure 1 is a plan View of the receptacle portion of a crank case evacuating apparatus of the character shown in my said pending application, showing my improved receptac1e .holder positioned on the top of the oil receiving receptacle of the apparatus. Figure 2 is a section taken at the line 2 -2 on Fig. l and viewed in the direction of the arrows. Figure 3 isa plan section taken at the line 3-3 on Fig. 2 and viewed in the direction of the arrows. Figure 4 is-an enlarged broken sectional view taken at the .line 11 on Fig. 3 and viewed in the direction of the arrows. Figure 5 is a broken view 1925. Serial No. 29,476.

in side elevation of the hinge joint between the segment-sections of the holder; and Figure 6, a similar view of the ends of' the segments diametrically opposed to the hinge connection. Y

In explanation of the particular illhstrated apparatus in connection with which I have chosen to illustrate my invention, it may be stated that 7 represents a receptacle provided for the purpose of receiving the used oil from the crank cases of automobiles which is drawn into the top of this receptacle through a pipe 8, by the exertion of suction in the receptacle 7 producecFby means of a fluid-pressure ejector-device represented generally at 9, the suction inlet of which (not shown) communicates with the upper end of the receptacle 7. The fluid ressure for passage through the ejector evice 9 is supplied through a pipe 10 extending upwardly through the pipe 8 but in spaced relation thereto, the suction-producing iiuid pressure, after assing through. the ejector device 9 discharging upwardly through an exhaust pipe 11.

The top of the receptacle 7, which is represented at 12 and is preferably of metal,

the side wall forming portion 7a of the receptacle being preferably of glass, is formed with an annular seating surface 13l at its peripheral edge which surrounds the pipe, 11 which latter, with the ejector device; 9, exf tends upwardly through the center of the top section 12, the seating surface 13 affording a support for my improved receptacleholder the preferred construction .of which is as follows:

The holder referred to and which is represented at 14 is, in accordance with the preferred embodiment of my invention, in the.

form of an annulus presenting a central opening 15 and formed of two similar semi-circu-l lar segments 16 and 17 each formed of an arc-shaped base plate 18 its outer marginal edge being reinforced by a wire19, and an upstanding arc-shaped plate 20 at the inneredge of the plate 18, the inner edge of the plate 18 having an upwardly extendingtlange 21 which the lower edge of the platev 20 overlaps and to which it is secured in any desirable way, and the upper edge of the plate 20 being inwardly hanged at 22 to stiifen this plate. Each section 16 and 17 is also formed of a fiat plate 23 which extends across the ends of the section and connects with the plates 18 and 20, these plates 23 extending inwardly into the opening to Within a short distance of each other as shown.

Each section 16 and 17 is provided with a .series of radially-extending openvvork partitions 24, shown as each formed of Wire bent openings 28 for the introduction of the re,.`

a holder having a central opening surroundinto the shape shown, defining a semi-circular series of receptacle-forming compartments l5a these partitions superposing the plate 18 and being secured thereto in any suitable way, as for example by soldering them to the adjacent parts of the sections 16 and 17.

The t'op of each segment-section is provided with a semi-circular plate 25 secured to the kflange 22 and projecting over, and into registration with, the base plate `18. The outer curved marginal edges Vof the plates 25 are curled, at 27, about a reinforcing Wire 27, andat intervals, in registration with the compartments 15:L in the sections, contain ceptacles, as for example bottles, such as rep.- resented at 29 to be held in theholder, into the compartments 15l upon the bottoms 18 of which the bottles rest.

The segments 16 and 17 of the holder are hingedly connected together at one side of the structure, as represented at 30, the hinge being supported at vertical cross-piecesv 31 connected with the outer marginal edge-portions of the plates 18 and 25 adapting the sections to be swung into and out of the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3 in which position they flatvvise engage at their plates 23, the sections 16 and 17 being locked together,

. in closed position, by any suitable means, as

for example the clasp, shown at 32, Which is located at the abutting ends of the sections opposite to those connected by the hinges 3 0, this clasp being shown as formed of a grooved member 33 pivoted at 34 to -oneof two crosspieces 35 connected With the outer marginal edges of the plates 18 and 25, and adapted to be swung into and out of a position in Which it straddles the cross-pieces 35.

Each section `also .isequipped with a handle-portion 36 pivoted thereto and by Which the holder may be handled.

In the arrangement shown the holder provided to be used with the apparatus shown in Fig. 2 and on which it is supported, rests upon the seating surface 13 of the top plate 12 and surrounds the parts, including the pipe 11, which project upwardly,` from the plate 12; the plates 25 extending preferably in engagement with the pipe 11, as shown, thetprovision of the hinge-connection 30 between-'the sections 16 and 17 adapting them to be readi- 41y swung into a position in which the holder may be removed from the receptacle 7 Without disconnecting these sections.

My improved holder presents special advantage in its use in connection with a crank-v case-evacuating apparatus as shown, as the receptacles held in the holder .ma be filled with different kinds of oil, suitab e for different engines and thus be readily accessible for replenishing the supply of oil in the `crank case, besides being readily viewable to present an advertising display.y

While I have illustrated and described a particular constructioin of holder I do not Wish to be understood as intending to limit my invention thereto, as the same may be variously modified and altered without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

`1.1In combination, arelatively large receptacle, a top therefor having a raised central portion and an annular fiat seating surface surrounding said central portion, and

ing the raised central portion of said top and removably supported on the annular flat seating surface thereof and adapted to contain a l number of relatively smaller receptacles.

2. In combination, a relatively large receptacle, a top therefor having a raise-d central portion and an annular flat seating surface adjacent its peripheral edge, and a holder formed of semi-circular segments supported on the annular surface of said top and adapted to contain a number of relatively smaller receptacles.

3. In combination, a relatively large receptacle, a top therefor having a raised central portion and an annular flat seating surface adjacent itsperi'pheral edge, and a holder formed of semi-circular segments having top and bottom Walls, the top Wall being provided' With receptacle-receiving openings, supporting and division making means connect- 4ing said top and bottom Walls,.the said holder being adapted for seating on the annular seating surface of the top of said first referred to HERMAN J. ENGBRECHT. 

